In a maelstrom of evil, can a new magistrate, samurai Mochizuki Koheita, with a reputation like an alley cat, bring order to the town of Horisoto, or is he, too a corrupt villain looking to gain wealth from the oppressed people? From the pen of famed samurai author Yamamoto Shugoro, this exciting tale turns the tables on the standard samurai story with a unique lead character previously portrayed in Ichikawa Kon’s “Dora Heita.”

Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physical...

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr...

Sen no Rikyu (Ebizo Ichikawa) is the son of a fish shop owner. Sen no Rikyu then studies tea and eve...

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, whic...

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
In 1912, a mysterious patient is brought at the asylum. Little the doctor knew, that his would be th...

In rural Japan, a mother and daughter attempt to reconnect after dealing with the loss of a loved on...

Akira, Takeshi, Yasu, and Shun are a gang of four close friends, all of whom were core members of th...

Takahagi Sutegoro is highly skilled at casing locations for thieves so that he can sell detailed flo...

A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yak...

Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shift...

The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controll...

Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi...

A mother searches for her missing son after a devastating calamity, only to realize that she has die...

A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary hous...

A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As...

Satoru, a wheelchair-bound elementary student, locks himself away from the outside world after his m...

In the aftermath of a major earthquake, scientists predict that Japan will sink into the sea. As fur...

Fearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own unique ...

A master swordsman is ordered to go undercover on a mission to find and destroy a cannon factory bei...